GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| urchin | hedgehog |